April 2008
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April 11, 2008
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Tape has soul
In the cupboard under the stairs is my VHS machine. It chewed up the last two cassettes I attempted to play on it (about 6 years ago). So with an odd assortment of tapes it remains there gathering dust. But for some nostalgic reason I haven't thrown... Continue Reading
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April 11, 2008
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Apr'08
IBM: roadmap for data dedupe, thin prov, SSDs and MAID
IBM's storage general manager and chief technical strategist provide clues to IBM's storage roadmap in data deduplication, thin provisioning, solid-state disks and MAID. Continue Reading
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April 11, 2008
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CommVault boosts Simpana e-discovery and data reduction
CommVault's first service pack for Simpana 7.0 includes e-discovery updates and new integration between replication and file-level single instancing. Continue Reading
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April 11, 2008
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Xiotech and Atrato forge self-healing storage market
New disk array designs use sealed components, resulting in storage systems that may not need servicing for five years or more. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Apr'08
Telecoms Sans Frontieres - Setting up a telecoms centre
Earlier today I was out at an airfield near Pau in the south west of France to see how Telecoms Sans Frontiere trained its volunteers. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Flickr joins in online video but not everyone likes it
Flickr joins in online video Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Packet collision in Windows
Linux includes tools to detect and report on Ethernet packet collisions. Does Windows have the same facilities? Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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RSA Conference 2008 round-up: Reports from RSA USA
A round-up of reports from RSA 2008 in San Francisco, one of the biggest events in an IT security professional’s calendar Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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MPs to grill BA and BAA bosses over Heathrow Terminal 5 fiasco
Bosses at British Airways and BAA will be grilled by MPs over the technical problems at Heathrow's Terminal Five, after the Transport Select Committee announced an inquiry into the building's problematic opening. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Npower consolidates six million customers onto single database
Npower, the retail arm of the UK's largest electricity supplier, RWE npower, is consolidating the details of its six million residential customers onto a single database. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Thistle & Guoman hotels to reduce costs by centralising IT
Thistle & Guoman Hotels expects to reduce its IT running costs by up to 30% through a two-year programme of centralisation and standardisation across the hotel group. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Apr'08
Intel and partners working on 'Liberty Sim' authentication
Chipmaker Intel is working on an identity authentication system it will build into its products to provide what it claims is vastly greater confidence in web-based transactions. But it may be five years before it is commercially available. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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VeriSign opens up APIs to promote two-factor security
VeriSign has opened its application programming interfaces (APIs) to developers to demonstrate the simplicity of adopting two-factor security authentication. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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US online sales up 17% despite struggling economy
Online sales in the US will continue to climb despite the struggling economy there, and will reach around £102bn this year. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Apr'08
BBC makes deal with Nintendo to bring its iPlayer to TV screens via Wii
The BBC has announced a collaboration with Nintendo UK to offer the BBC iPlayer programme on-demand service via the Nintendo Wii games console. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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More firms turn to cryptography and database security to protect data
More companies are deploying cryptography and database security to protect their data, according to a survey of more than 6,500 information security professionals. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Greggs accounts for its dough with Coda
Greggs the Bakers has purchased Coda software worth £600,000 as part of a three-year finance modernisation programme. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Apr'08
Videoconferencing is finally ready to show itself off
Analysts Forrester and Gartner believe videoconferencing is really ready for business - this time! Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Apr'08
Motorola appoints Dorman to boost investor confidence
Motorola has appointed David Dorman to succeed Ed Zander as non-executive chairman, as the struggling... Continue Reading
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April 10, 2008
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Apr'08
UK likely to follow US slowdown on IT spending
World economic growth will slow in the next two years and falling spending on IT in the US is likely to be mirrored in the UK, research suggests. Continue Reading